The Oxford Book of Christian VerseDavid Cecil Clarendon, 1940 - 560 pages Lord David Cecil, well known for his writings, and particularly for his brilliant lives of the poet Cowper and of the young Lord Melbourne, has set out in this anthology to make a full and representative collection of English religious verse. |
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David Cecil. 130 JOHN MILTON On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Compos'd 1629 I HIS is the month , and this the happy morn , Of wedded maid and virgin mother born , Our great redemption from above did bring ; For so the holy sages once ...
David Cecil. 130 JOHN MILTON On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Compos'd 1629 I HIS is the month , and this the happy morn , Of wedded maid and virgin mother born , Our great redemption from above did bring ; For so the holy sages once ...
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... morn : Nor past uncelebrated , nor unsung By the celestial choirs , when orient light Exhaling first from darkness they beheld : Birth - day of Heav'n and earth ; with joy and shout The hollow universal orb they fill'd , And touch'd ...
... morn : Nor past uncelebrated , nor unsung By the celestial choirs , when orient light Exhaling first from darkness they beheld : Birth - day of Heav'n and earth ; with joy and shout The hollow universal orb they fill'd , And touch'd ...
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... Morn ' IGHT'S glittering morn bedecks the sky ; Heaven thunders forth its victor - cry ; The glad earth shouts her triumph high , And groaning hell makes wild reply ; 1818-1866 287 While He , the King , the mighty King , 438 ROBERT ...
... Morn ' IGHT'S glittering morn bedecks the sky ; Heaven thunders forth its victor - cry ; The glad earth shouts her triumph high , And groaning hell makes wild reply ; 1818-1866 287 While He , the King , the mighty King , 438 ROBERT ...
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